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| 8190398 | Environmental radioactivity measurement system of administration and an analysis method of the radioactivity At a worksite of a client, progeny nuclides of radon and thoron are collected into a filter, then making the gross measurement on α-ray amount within an hour from the collection. Next, the filter is sent to an analysis center with information added thereto, such as... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8185356 | Remote monitoring system, terminal management server and terminal management server control program An insulation monitoring system, functioning as a remote monitoring system, comprises a plurality of insulation monitoring terminals, functioning as remote monitoring terminals, for monitoring facilities and a terminal management server controlling the insulation mo... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8185355 | Slot-cache for caching aggregates of data with different expiry times Techniques for collecting and displaying sensor data captured by a spatially and temporally representative sample of sensors requested in a search query are described. The sensors are represented in an index structure (e.g., a data tree) having a plurality of leaf n... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8180595 | Portable data acquisition system According to typical inventive embodiments, a compact data acquisition unit is modularly assembled of COT components, based on a PC-104 or other form factor of relatively small size. Inside a durable casing, a dc-dc converter increases battery-generated dc voltage f... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8170837 | Oilfield equipment identification method and apparatus A system comprising a piece of oilfield equipment, an identifier assembly and a reader. The piece of oilfield equipment has an exterior surface. The identifier assembly comprises an identification tag storing a unique identifier. The identification tag is capable of... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8160838 | Apparatus and method for visualizing environmental conditions in a data center using wireless sensor networks Various embodiments provide an apparatus and method for visualizing environmental conditions in a data center using wireless sensor networks. An example embodiment includes: establishing communication with a plurality of networked environmental sensors deployed at p... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8155925 | Disposable assay device with removables modules and remote data transfer system Disposable assay device, comprising a carrier having a first carrier part (3) with a respective sample-receiving area (w) for receiving a sample to be tested, and having at least a second carrier part (9), the assay device being configured for transmit... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8150656 | Detection of objects or other materials in a receptacle Sensors and techniques for an automated data acquisition and notification system having a plurality of receptacles adapted to store items. In each of the plurality of receptacles, at least one sensor is operated to detect a presence of an item in that receptacle. Li... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8131510 | Rig control system architecture and method The present application discloses a method and framework for drilling rig supervisory control automation that includes replication and aggregation of drilling rig supervisory control panels, a mechanism to manipulate the supervisory control panel parameters using on... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8112253 | Energy management system that provides real time situation awareness of a potential energy management failure An energy management system has a control center at a utility company, and logic resources coupled to the power system that provide a real time notice of conditions which effect energy management of the utility company. At least one user interface is provided at the... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8099259 | Method for monitoring catalyst requirements of a refinery A method for monitoring a FCC catalyst injection system is provided. In one embodiment of the invention, the method includes automatically updating a catalyst available inventory information in a digital memory device in response to a catalyst usage event. A suffici... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8095340 | Home power management system Systems and methods for managing power usage are provided. The system includes a programmable microprocessor, at least one input mechanism, a memory having instructions and/or other information, a display, at least one power consuming power device and a remote serve... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8078431 | Home power management system Systems and methods for managing power usage are provided. The system includes a programmable microprocessor, at least one input mechanism, a memory having instructions and/or other information, a display, at least one power consuming power device and a remote serve... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8055478 | Maintenance minder for forced air heater The present invention includes a frame that is quickly and easily assembled and disassembled. The frame may be used for supporting a portable forced air heater, or other similar equipment. Handles, supports, and optionally a wheel assembly is assembled to two core m... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8046196 | Modular networked sensor assembly In a network sensor assembly, network environmental monitor, and associated fabrication methods, a network sensor assembly comprises a panel configured for mounting on a surface, a plurality of addressable sensors coupled to the panel that sense environmental condit... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8032333 | Hierarchical approach for health aware electronic modules A system and method for collecting and analyzing information from environmental occurrences that may have an adverse effect on electrical components in the vehicle. The information is passed up through a hierarchical structure to a higher level controller where the ... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8032332 | Semiconductor inspecting apparatus A semiconductor inspecting apparatus includes: a buffer memory whose width is matched to the greater of parallel bus width and the width of the number of serial lanes; a preceding stage bus switching unit that fills the buffer memory with input data without making a... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8032334 | Sensor subset selection for reduced bandwidth and computation requirements A system for identifying a subset of sensors to sample to reduce the frequency of sensor access. The system determines rise times and records values for the sensors in the system. A time criticality of the sensors is determined based on the rise times. The system pr... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8027809 | Home power management system Systems and methods for managing power usage are provided. The system includes a programmable microprocessor, at least one input mechanism, a memory having instructions and/or other information, a display, at least one power consuming power device and a remote serve... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8019571 | Abnormality processing system A system, device, method, and program for informing abnormality, providing a user with abnormality information of equipment in an easy-to-understand manner so that convenience is enhanced. When abnormality occurs in equipment including home electric appliances, abno... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8005647 | Method and apparatus for monitoring and performing corrective measures in a process plant using monitoring data with corrective measures data A method and system of monitoring corrective measures within a process plant includes receiving equipment data pertaining to the status of equipment within the process plant, receiving corrective measure data pertaining to the status of a corrective measure associat... | 08/23/2011 |
| 8005648 | Refrigerant loss tracking and repair A system and method for asset management including tracking refrigerant characteristics is disclosed. The system includes a database including information relating to a refrigerant system and a database including information relating to service technicians. A server... | 08/23/2011 |
| 8000938 | Method and system for tracking and managing destruction, reconstitution, or reclamation of regulated substances Various embodiments of methods and systems described herein relate to tracking and/or managing the destruction, reconstitution, or reclamation of regulated substances, including, in certain embodiments, tracking the associated GHG emissions and carbon valuation.... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7996187 | Method and system for health monitoring A personal health monitor, including: (a) a physiological data input device operative to gather physiological data; and (b) a multi-purpose personal data accessory, whereas the multi-purpose personal data accessory is adapted to execute health monitoring software su... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7996186 | Measurement data communication device, information acquiring device, and system A measurement data communication device for measuring a health condition of an examinee and transmitting a plurality of measurement values representing a result of the measurement, to an information acquiring device managing the measurement values, includes: communi... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7983878 | Two-stage dynamic track grouping Tracks of sensed targets are associated into groups and updated over time while tending to maintain their relationships. A two-pass clustering or grouping method includes a first pass groups targets into convoy or swarm groups. In the second pass, groups of targets ... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7970585 | Method and system for remote monitoring and control of wireless cell-sites A method and system for remotely monitoring and controlling one or more cell-sites are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method includes (a) receiving data indicative of a status of at least one battery of at least one cell-site at a remote processing device, where ... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7966153 | Intelligent irrigation rain sensor An intelligent irrigation rain sensor for use in an irrigation system comprises a rain sensor unit and a sensor control unit. The rain sensor unit has a rain catcher reservoir with an open top for receiving rainwater with an internal volume for holding water and tap... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7966154 | Pressure sensing systems for sports, and associated methods A system determines athletic performance. A pressure sensor senses change in elevation. A microprocessor processes signals from the pressure sensor to determine speed corresponding to the change in elevation. A display reports the speed to a user. ... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7957936 | Presentation system for abnormal situation prevention in a process plant A system for visually presenting data receives signal processing data generated signal processing data collection blocks corresponding to devices associated with a process plant. The signal processing data collection blocks may generate data such as statistical data... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7957937 | Systems and methods for material management A system and method are provided for scheduling the emptying or replacement of a waste container based on the fullness of the container or the usage of the container. These factors may be considered to determine when the waste container will become completely full. ... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7930144 | Method and system for tracking and reporting emissions The present invention relates to methods and systems of tracking enterprise gas emissions such as greenhouse gas emissions. The systems and methods relate to collecting or entering data relating to one or more emissions source of an enterprise or an enterprise locat... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7920988 | Capturing system interactions A computer-implemented method for capturing interactions in a system is disclosed. The method includes receiving a selection of a first component of the system and receiving a selection of a second component of the system. The method further includes receiving a sel... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7920989 | Remote test facility with wireless interface to local test facilities A central test facility transmits wirelessly test data to a local test facility, which tests electronic devices using the test data. The local test facility transmits wirelessly response data generated by the electronic devices back to the central test facility, whi... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7912678 | Oilfield equipment identification method and apparatus A system for identifying a piece of oilfield equipment having an exterior surface, the system having an identifier assembly that includes an RFID tag storing a unique identifier, an enclosure receiving and retaining the RFID tag, and a reader. ... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7912677 | Remote generator fuel monitoring system A remote generator fuel monitoring system is provided. The system can include graphical user interface logic and connection logic. The graphical user interface logic typically provides a user with periodically updated data points associated with a fuel monitor coupl... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7895018 | Event monitoring via combination of signals A method for event monitoring for a wind turbine is described. The method includes measuring a first signal pattern representing a characteristic selected from a characteristic group, the characteristic group consisting of: a mechanical characteristic of a wind turb... | 02/22/2011 |
| RE42166 | Monitoring apparatus, management method and program therefor, and management apparatus and management method and program therefor There is provided a monitoring apparatus that can reduce the processing load when a plurality of such monitoring apparatuses are centrally managed. The monitoring apparatus is capable of communicating with a management apparatus that centrally manages a plurality of... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7890300 | Method for monitoring a field device A method for monitoring a field device connected via a data bus with a control unit. To prevent unauthorized tampering with the field device, the control unit requests, at intervals of time, an individual identifier of the field device. The requested individual iden... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7890301 | Method for cluster head selection in networks accessed by mobile devices Representative embodiments are directed to distributed sensor systems from which measurement data is extracted using mobile devices. Representative embodiments record access attempts by the mobile devices and calculate the probabilities of future access by a mobile ... | 02/15/2011 |
